This past month a focus on the activities of the 18th Battalion with its involvement in the actions that occurred 100 years ago at the Somme was made. Several posts outlining with more detail the events that affected the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade offered some insight into the actions of the 18th Battalion on that... Continue Reading →
Tank Battle at Iwuy: More Information
An amazing piece of work about the battle at Iwuy involving the possible last use by the Germans of the A7V. I recommend reading this article for a more detailed analysis of the battle. This post was instigated by Michel Lespagnol, a resident of Iwuy who is working to commemorate the battle. Below is a... Continue Reading →
Even When Inaccurate Photo Captions Can Be Valuable
"Here are four brothers who enlisted for active service and trained in this city [London, Ontario]. They are the quartet of Hinschliffes [Hinscliffe], cousins of Mrs. Mathews [Matthews], of 286 [285] Thames street, whose husband and son, both Johns [Jack and John], are in Belgium with the 18th Battalion: From left to right they are... Continue Reading →
New Research Sources from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Please see full article here. The Regimental Rouge web site (one of the best sources for tips and ideas for research) has a comprehensive article about some of the changes to the CWGC site in regards to research resources. It is important to note the following disclaimer from the CWGC: CWGC Disclaimer This collection of... Continue Reading →
Tips on Searching for Soldiers Who Did Not Perish in the War
Introduction The relative ease with which one can find basic biographical information regarding a Canadian soldier that was killed or died during World War 1 available because of the many online resources and databases is in sharp contrast to the work required for a soldier who survived the war. The original intent of this blog... Continue Reading →
Anatomy of a Soldier’s Page
Introduction In a recent post updating this blog and its progress Marika Pirie posted a picture on Twitter that initiated this post. Hopefully post will help others in their work to discovering soldiers of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces that they are researching. This post will show step-by-step the process taken to create a Soldier's Page... Continue Reading →
Update on Blog
The blog is progressing well and I am learning a lot along the way. At this time I have approximately 44 soldiers to be added to the Soldiers Pages in the blog where I have done the initial research and now need to go back and redo the research and properly document this in a... Continue Reading →
Update on Blog
Some updates... February 1916 War Diary Entry Taking a more measured and thorough approach I am doing soldier research before I transcribe the war diary. An Excel database has been created to better organize the work that has been done to help track the research and prevent duplication of effort. One of the big jobs... Continue Reading →
The War Diaries of the 18th Battalion, C.E.F.
What are war diaries? War diaries are the written, day-to-day record of a battalion or other organization that are kept to record the significant events and movements of personnel, individuals, and the unit as a whole. What format are they? The war diaries online are scans of paper sheets of a standardized form. The diaries... Continue Reading →
